GOPPINGEN, a town of Germany, in the Land of Wurt temberg, on the Fils, 22 m. E.S.E. of Stuttgart on the railway to Friedrichshafen. Pop. Goppingen originally be longed to the Hohenstaufen, and in 1270 came into possession of the counts of Wurttemberg. It was surrounded by walls in 1129, and was rebuilt after a fire in 1782. It possesses a castle built partly with stones from the ruined castle of Hohenstaufen which stands 3 m. N. of the town, by Duke Christopher of Wurttemberg in the 16th century and now used as public offices. The manufac tures include linen and woollen cloth, electric motors, leather, glue, paper and toys. There are machine shops and tanneries in the town. It has a chalybeate spring.